Skateboarding is progressing at an unfathomable rate and there’s no better proof than the talent pool at PHX AM. Things just get heavier and heavier each year. Congrats to Ivan Monteiro for taking home the top spot!

Legends and homies alike made their way out to RVCA's headquarters Friday night to welcome Christian Hosoi to their ever-expanding team. A heated bowl jam ensued, in honor of Ivan "Pops" Hosoi's 75th birthday. Add to that some artwork by Mark Oblow, tunes from Tommy G, free grub from Pizzanista and complimentary cold ones from PBR and the locals were in for a treat!

Element's squad is massive and loaded with rippers from all corners of the globe. The team kicks off this vid with a killer montage, and then Evan Smith grabs the reins and rides off into the sunset. He’s seriously one of the most gifted skaters ever, just flowing like water.

We’ve categorized parts as face-melters before, but we’re upgrading this DC shoes part to face-vaporizer. Because there won’t be any face left. Tiago drops a doozy on the skate world. Consider yourself warned.

If he isn’t one of your favorites yet, make room on the list. This guy is an absolute BEAST and no spot is safe when he rides into town. Give a big round of a applause for the newest member of the Deathwish family.

Shane spent nine days in Melbourne filming lines with a VX in the middle of summer. No single tricks, just mind-melting lines executed with the kind of precision only he commands. Hell YES. The Skate Gods must be pleased.

Josh Kalis’ skating is timeless and this noseblunt slide at Thomas Paine Plaza is forever. Welcome to September 2018! More Kalis inside as well as a 28-page DC Street Sweeper feature, including interviews with Josh, John Gardner and John Shanahan. Need more mayhem in your life? You’re in luck: Skate Rock took their special blend of insanity to Vietnam and Bali. We also got some Hot Amateur Girl Action by way of Simon Bannerot, Tyler “Manchild” Pacheco, Niels Bennett and Griffin Gass. Heads-wise, Ethan Loy, Cody Lockwood and Dashawn Jordan all get grilled. Elsewhere in Spain, Supra set out to find the elusive Mr. Tom Penny. Ready for the weekend? Good. Trevor Thompson and Alex Schmidt fill out some rental applications for the WKND skate lodgings: The Sir Palmer Apartments. Thick as a brick, this one is! Add this one to your collection.